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@@ -59,13 +59,14 @@ If this default path prefix is proper, then execute:
./configure
+See the note below if you are building PROJ directly from the git repository.
+
If another path prefix is required, then execute:
./configure --prefix=/my/path
In either case, the directory of the prefix path must exist and be
writable by the installer.
-
After executing configure, execute:
make
@@ -80,6 +81,14 @@ Tests are run with
The test suite requires that the proj-datumgrid package is installed
in `PROJ_LIB`.
+#### Building from the git repository
+
+If you are building from the git repository you have to first run
+
+ ./autogen.sh
+
+which will generate a configure script that can be used as described above.
+
### Building on Windows with NMAKE
PROJ can be built with Microsoft Visual C/C++ using the `makefile.vc`